'Boom, the thing just went off': Gerald Stanley testifies at his 2nd-degree murder trial

Gerald Stanley told the jury at his second-degree murder trial today in Saskatchewan that he didn't mean to shoot Colten Boushie. "Boom, the thing just went off," Stanley testified Monday afternoon. The farmer was charged after Boushie, 22, was shot during an altercation between his family and group of young people from the Red Pheasant Cree Nation reserve who had driven onto his rural property in a grey SUV on Aug. 9, 2016. Members of the group told police they went to the farm looking for help with a flat tire.

A screenshot of a GoFundMe campaign in support of Gerald Stanley . An online fundraiser for a man acquitted of second-degree murder will remain online despite calls for its removal . "The Stanley family has spent thousands upon thousands of dollars surrounding this ordeal," the page says .

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An online fundraiser for a man acquitted of second-degree murder will remain online despite calls for its removal.

The fundraiser is for Gerald Stanley, acquitted Friday in the shooting death of Cree 22-year-old Colten Boushie.

"Given the jury verdict, this campaign does not violate our terms of service," GoFundMe spokeswoman Rachel Hollis told HuffPost Canada in an email.

A Saskatchewan jury found Stanley not guilty after 13 hours of deliberation on Friday.

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On Twitter, many Canadians called for the campaign to be taken down, saying that it violates GoFundMe's terms and conditions.

Take a minute to report Stanley's fundraiser as a violation of gofundme terms (#7 - in support of alleged crimes associated with racial violence & discrimination). He doesn't need reward money on top of his acquittal for killing Colten. https://t.co/oaSLriq7FQ#JusticeForColtenhttps://t.co/8J9WQgDetj

— Erica Violet Lee (@EricaVioletLee) February 10, 2018

Hey, @gofundme. This "cause" is disgusting and disturbing. https://t.co/hdn8N23219 It is intended to reward a person who killed someone but got off because of racism. #JusticeForColten

Gerald Stanley trial: Fatal shooting of Colten Boushie 'a tragedy but it's not criminal,' defence saysIn his closing statement, defence lawyer Scott Spencer said Stanley had opportunities to lie to make his case stronger, but didn’t do so.

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Today it's collected through @gofundme.

— âpihtawikosisân (@apihtawikosisan) February 11, 2018

317 people thought it was a good idea to donate money to the man who shot a young Cree man in the back of head. These 317 people don't see value in the lives of Indigenous peoples. I want to know who they are. pic.twitter.com/WWTu3VS2Ti

— Miranda Dyck (@mldyck) February 11, 2018

White supremacy is Gerald Stanley's gofundme for his legal fees being halfway towards its goal.

White murderers aren't only coddled— they're paid.

— Nìbinikwe (@nibinikwe) February 10, 2018

I didn't know murderers acquitted by his all white peers were in such distress these days.

— Hayatsgan (@hayatsgan) February 11, 2018

GoFundMe's terms state that it cannot be used for "campaigns deemed by GoFundMe, in its sole discretion, to be in support of, or for the legal defense of alleged crimes associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism, or intolerance of any kind relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender or gender identity, or serious disabilities or diseases."

'Bring drums': Boushie support rallies planned in Saskatoon, Regina after Stanley not-guilty verdict People are gathering in Saskatoon, Regina and other Canadian cities Saturday to show their support for the family of Colten Boushie after Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was acquitted Friday of responsibility for Boushie's death. "There is no justice!" yelled people in the courtroom after the jury foreman read out the verdict Friday night. Moments earlier, the presiding judge had urged calm despite the "raw emotions" felt by those in the room.

That was until GoFundMe shut down the fundraiser . Here’s what GoFundMe told Bailey “Accordingly, your GoFundMe account has been removed and your campaign is no longer visible on GoFundMe .”

The page for the Stanley campaign states that it is to help the family recoup legal fees and move on from the case.

"The Stanley family has spent thousands upon thousands of dollars surrounding this ordeal," the page says. "All funds raised will be going to the Stanley Family, in an effort to help them recoup some of their lost time, property ... and sanity during this entire difficult situation they have been dealing with over the past two years."

Another GoFundMe campaign, created in September in support of the Boushie family, has raised over $76,000 to date.

"I'd like to thank you for all your sharing and generous donations to this point. The money is helping to take some burden off the family as they pursue justice daily," the page says.

Acquitted of charges

The jury heard that Boushie was shot in the head as he sat in an SUV on Stanley's farm near Biggar, Sask.

The SUV driver testified that the group went to the Stanley property in search of help with a flat tire.

Stanley, 56, testified that he fired warning shots to scare the group off. He said that the fatal shot occurred when he reached into the SUV to grab the keys out of the ignition and his gun "just went off."

With files from The Canadian Press

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Petition wants GoFundMe to drop Stanley page .
An international advocacy group says it has collected thousands of names in a campaign calling for GoFundMe to remove a page that's raising funds for Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley's family. The online petition launched by the group SumOfUs says the crowdfunding website is profiting from the death of Colten Boushie, an Indigenous man who died on Stanley's farm in 2016. A jury acquitted Stanley of second-degree murder in Boushie's death earlier The online petition launched by the group SumOfUs says the crowdfunding website is profiting from the death of Colten Boushie, an Indigenous man who died on Stanley's farm in 2016.

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